Handbag



HANDBAG.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, I9l9.

, Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

R IBM", m /IIIII Il N nl" E Il V l "l N "m All' ATTORNEY/6 ment being shown closed;

"'1 f .Be it .known 'that I, Sanna NovER, a

ofthe United States, andfa resident ofthe borough of 'vManha-,ttam city, .-oounty,r vand n StateV of New York, have invented-certain Y newand useful Improvements injHandbags, of whichVV the following is a speciicationf.

` Thisl inventio'nrfrelates to improvements in hand bags.,vv I

ff The .inventionV hasV for oneofits obj' ects to vprovide aladies hand bag having two fcompa-rtments orpockets one of which is nor- .mally closed and-so formedthatits exist* ence'. and the means of access theretofcannotV be readily' determined by `a pickpocket.

Afurth'er object of the inventionis to provide a hand bag having a body portion off fabric divided into two compartments of equal capacity anda metallicclosure frame formedof hinged sections, said bo'dyvportion and frame sections lbeingv so constructed and arranged that' the mouthof either compartment may be opened. -to-an extent equal'to' the 'diameter of both outer frame sections.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of thevhand'bag opened, the mouth of the secret compart- Fig. V2' a verticalsectional view, showing the mouths of both compartments 'partly` Open; 1 .1 Fig. 3 an enlarged fragmentary vertical section showing the bag closed; and Fig.' 4 Y an enlarged horizontal section through one of the lhinge connections ofthe closure frame sections. I

Referring tothe drawingsby numerals, 1

designates the-.body portion ofthe bagV which may be formed of any suitable fabric these channel Ymembers are .of segmental form and `when swung. outwardly into the same lane form a circular opening of considera le size'permittmg freeaccess'tothe interior of the body portion. It will ,be obf kvibous` however that the channelV members may have anyother. desired conformation. Y

Thebody portion 1 is divided into two compartments of equal capacity byA a duplex metallic i 'e jfsamarevint;ornnvirgroarrnly y ILHANDBAG.' y

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together to 'forman intermediate partition o r. false.- wall .8L ofdouble thickness. VThe lining may be madeof silk' or :other suitable l,material andeach bag 2"-isy preferably of substant1allythe same size as the body n portion. The-upper .endgof the. partitionfpor false wall 8:` islconfined andv suitably securedin a channel'member -9 having lugs or exten. sions-"10I atv its ends' pivotally theld-V to the lining-.Zin the; uform "of `twdbagsstitched f..

hinge pins .7., The lower edgeoffthe'channel x member 9 is flush` with. the. lower edgeV of the outer wall ofchannel member 4.: when l the two members areinengagement and the inner wall of member 4'is cut away through.-

outitsV length at.4a flushwiththe upper edge of'member9fy which is substantially half ias ydeep and- 'wideas' member 4 to adapt member 9fto be .swung into1 'engagement with*y member 4.with its inner ywall substantially flush withthe-inner wall'of'member 4. `The inner wallof .member 4; is formed with a latch ljug orlproje'ction11v adapted to normallyhold members V4 and9 i112 engagement with each other,..anda tab 12 is. secured.` in member 9tol permit vvsaidl member toV ybe readily released when access is desired tothe normally closed secret compartment. ,It will be observed, vthat the outer wall of member 4 prevents the application of external pressure to member 9, thus preventing accidental separation of members 4 andf9. The usual small `mirror with which hand bags of this' typel are usually.. equipped may be suspended from the tab 12, if desired. l

. A combined suspending ring and clasp member 13 is secured to the closure frame section'4 and a coperating clasp member14,.

Aformed with a knob adapted to pass through fthe ring 13 and rictionallylock the members Y I 3and 4together, Vis'heldfto member 3. Itwill Y be observed thatmembers-3and 4 may be `freely opened and closedgwithout separating members v4n and 9, and` that member 9 and the partition or false wall 8 do notvin any way interfere with free and unobstructed access to the compartment'of which memvbers 3 and 4" serve as closureframe sections..v .It will be observed also that either compart-Y ment may be filled to an extent equal-to the full capacity of the bag since the false'wall 8 will lie iiush-with either side of the bag',

the area of the falsewallbeingequal .to half j ,Y

be seenthat eithersections 3 and 4.or secvtions 4 and9 may. be swung open 'intolthe Y the' area of the body portionl. y It'will also b2 ff Y Y" Lasserre Y 1 with the inner edge oftheouter wall of said am y y bers, together; means Vvcarried by -tliemain samer plane to form an openingequal to `the! Vdiameter of the closure frame, thus affording a large openingof maximum size to permit free access to either compartment of the bag. A suitable carrying strap or ribbon 15 is connected to the ring 13.. Suitable Vs'pacing sleevesl are provided on the pivot pins 7 between the lugs Gand 10 to maintain the rameisections 4 and 9 in'proper Y relative positions. It will be obvious thatv the body portion .and partition may be formed of single thickness idesired.

-Vhatl claim is: Y a

l. A hand bag framed.Comprisingv a pair;-

of main, closure frame members of channel formV having outer 'side wallsof equal width,

" one of said channel members having an inner sidewall ofthe same width as the outer side wallfthereof andthe other-member having an inner side wall of less width than its outer side wall, anauxiliary closure frame member of ohanneliorm of less thickness and having side walls of less width than theV outer sidewalls of the main .frame members and adapted totwithinthe mainframe member having the narrowQinnerside wall with thef inner edges of its side wallsV flush main `frame member,V va pair of pivot pins connecting the ends of all of the Vframe memframe lmembers for 'releasably locking the main frame members together with the inner Y sidewalls thereof in abutting relation, and

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means for releasably locking the auxiliaryA frame member within the main frame member having the narrow inner wall.

v2. VA handbag comprising a main frame member of channel orm, an auxiliary frame Y member of channel Yform and of smaller eX- ternal dimensions than said main frame member and adapted to lit wholly within` the same, means for releasably holdingsaid' auxiliary 'frame member withinsaid main trame member to move therew1th,a1second Vvmainframe member of channel -orm and of l the same thicknessv asithe first-mentioned main frame member, said second main frame member having an inner side wall equal in width to the total width of thefinner side walls ofthe-other two `frame members, means carried by the main channel :tramemembers4 for rel'easably locking the main frame mem- Y bers together with the inner side walls therein said bag-like body portion forming a partition dividing the body portion into two compartments, the edge of the upper ortion of'said flexible vpartition being con ned Vin the channel inthe auxiliary frame member.

'This speciiication signed this twentyesevsAmE NovER. 

